Chester W Drake

Military

INT Hit by flak and crash-landed at Altenrhein, Switzerland on 11 July 1944 in B-24 #4251106

Connections

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Units served with

392nd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

576th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Joe L Burdette

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 14150121
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Top Turret Gunner

John S Gates

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15080521 and O-706924
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Frank T Kintana

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39409150
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Gerald E Landry

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11106331
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

George W Michel

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36583547
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator; Gunner

Aircraft

42-51106

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron

Missions

466

Date: 11 July 1944

Places

Wendling

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Michigan, United States	2 October 1920
Enlisted	Detroit, Michigan, United States	19 September 1942	as a Private in the Air Corps
Other Interned (INT)	Switzerland	11 July 1944 - 24 July 1944	after crash landing at Altenrhein, Switzerland

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Michigan, United States

2 October 1920

Enlisted

Detroit, Michigan, United States

19 September 1942

as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

Interned (INT)

Switzerland

11 July 1944 - 24 July 1944

after crash landing at Altenrhein, Switzerland

Revisions

Date17 Jan 2015 10:52:08

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 7495
392nd Bomb Group website : http://www.b24.net/missions/MM071144.htm#07495

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:10

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7495 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database